by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 10, 2012 | graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Parents and family, Wages
DEBT AND POOR JOB PROSPECTS SEE NUMBER TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES INCREASE BY MORE THAN A THIRD *Thinking dark thoughts? We promise you’re not alone — and there is help available. Please contact PAPYRUS or the Samaritans now. Suicide is always a tragic waste...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 15, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, Unpaid internships, Wages
£6.19 AN HOUR DOESN’T GO FAR IN 2012, GRADUATES TELL US It’s been dubbed the ‘poverty wage’ because it is so grim to live on – yet new figures show that millions of people in the UK are only earning the national minimum wage. At present,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 25, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
IRONY ALERT AS “MR MINIMUM WAGE” OFFERS EXPENSES-ONLY INTERNSHIP AT HIS PRIVATE OFFICE **GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE** A graduate from a top London university has told Graduate Fog that he was offered and then rejected for a three-month internship at Tony...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 10, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
A REWARD FOR GRAFTERS – OR A PENALTY FOR THE POOR? Graduates who intern for three months after university add an average of £1,500 to their starting salary when they eventually begin their first paid job, new research shows. As most internships are now unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 27, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
PUNY PAY PACKETS MEAN WORKERS ARE NOT SPENDING, SAYS NEWSPAPER EDITOR Employers who pay their graduates low wages – or even no wages at all – are helping to keep the UK in recession, an expert has said. Writing in yesterday’s City AM, the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 20, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
“INSULTING” REMARK FROM DAMIAN COLLINS A Conservative politician has said that young people should busk to raise the travel money they need to get to work. Damian Collins — who is the MP for Folkstone — made the point during on last...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 14, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Parents and family, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
IS ANYBODY EARNING ENOUGH TO PAY THEIR OWN RENT? As growing numbers of fashion-focussed graduates tell us they are working for years unpaid (yes, really), Graduate Fog wonders: is anybody earning a decent wage in this industry? Or is the truth that most people working...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 12, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
MILLIONS STRUGGLING TO REPAY “WEIRD” LOAN WILL CREATE “ECONOMIC CRISIS” IN YEARS TO COME The president of the National Union of Students has warned that graduate debt is a ticking “time bomb” that could have a huge impact on the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 6, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Parents and family, Retail, Wages
ONE IN FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE WANTS MORE HOURS THAN THEY CAN GET Young people — including graduates — are among those worst hit by the new wave of ‘underemployment’ sweeping the UK, new figures have shown. This means that while they have managed to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 30, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
SHOCKING NEW TRIAL SCHEME WILL SEE GRADUATES MAKE JUST £1.87 AN HOUR Job-seeking graduates living in London are to be forced to work for three months unpaid in order to keep their benefits, the government has announced. That means they will be toiling for less than...
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